Apply online today! We accept credit cards for application fees and tuition payments. To apply:

1. Go to the website (linked at right) for the institute you are interested in attending.
2. Click on the link that says “Applicant Login” at right
3. Remember to remember which email account you used to apply, and your password, so that you can update your application or see online invoicing and announcements. You cannot log into your account with an email different from the one you signed up with.
4. Pay your application fee or tuition deposit. All application fees for the competitive admissions programs (InterProd, Lyceum, EXL and NDF) are $40. You must send in your application fee before we will look at your application. Pay online through Google Checkout at the end of your application, or send in a check or money order as the application program will instruct you. If you are going to NSF, a $100 tuition deposit will reserve your spot at camp.
5. The application deadline for all institutes is May 1st. We can accept some late applications after May 1st, but only on a space-available basis.
6. If you have won a scholarship through placements at the Sunvitational, Crestian, Dowling, Laird Lewis or Harvard tournaments, please send us email at info@summitdebate.com with the name of your applicant so we can credit you with the scholarship.

All Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate will apply through the National Debate Forum. The National Debate Forum will have two sessions! Session I, Fort Lauderdale at Nova Southeastern University from June 27th-July 11th and Session II, Boston at Emerson College from July 18th to August 1st!

PAYMENT PLANS: We will work with all families to set up a payment plan! Please email jenny@summitdebate.com to set up a payment plan for the 2009 institute session you would like to attend, if you believe that you will not be able to make our final tuition payment on June 1, 2009.

REFUNDS: All application fees, initial deposits and scholarships are non-refundable! Additional tuition payments made up until May 1st are fully refundable up to May 1st at 11:59pm eastern standard time. From May 2, 2009 on, all application fees, initial deposits, shuttle fees, extra night fees and all remaining tuition payments are non-refundable. There will be no exceptions made for any reason.

We are pleased to announce that the National Debate Forum, Session I for Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum Debate will be running June 27th to July 11th at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Session II for Lincoln-Douglas Debate and Public Forum Debate will be running from July 18-August 1st this summer and Session II will be held at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Exciting new staff additions will be coming soon! Check back often to see some of the new faces at NDF this summer.